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Nice flys. I love them. I have toyed with the idea of doing some Balsa poppers. Yours look great. Also I have never tried and make a popper out of deer hair I always do the Dahlbergs. Is there any tricks I should know when tieing a deer hair popper? Is it just the same as tying a dahlberg you just dont trim the hair down as much and make the front flat?

Great looking flys. I am still game for a bowfin/gar/bass/bream trip you just tell me when.

When finishing off the face ,you use a packing tool and push the face as flat as you can. I then get a rough trim with a razor blade and then with a fine blade curved scissors. I then use a head cement to tack the face flat, if you want a more permanent fix then use a lite coat of epoxy.Oh, I also run a few brushings of head cement right on the hook area on the bottom. This keeps the material from spinning after a few fish. I know of some famous tyers that put Flexament all in the deer hair and make it like a peice of foam. I don't like this, I prefer to leave the deer hair supple ...I think the Bass will hold on to it a bit longer.

Glad I could help out. You are an up and coming stand out tyer! We are going to try to get you on one of our M&G to be a guest tyer!The bows are not yet prime ...the river has flooded into the Core and it is out of its banks. When the water drops a little more then I will let you know. I hope the water will be at the right depth to cross over the beaver dams.Thats where some of the big boys live!

Glad I could help out. You are an up and coming stand out tyer! We are going to try to get you on one of our M&G to be a guest tyer!The bows are not yet prime ...the river has flooded into the Core and it is out of its banks. When the water drops a little more then I will let you know. I hope the water will be at the right depth to cross over the beaver dams.Thats where some of the big boys live!

Sounds good. I am excited about making it up that way. I'll wait for your phone call.

Real nice flies Tarheel Im not ready to try some of those,maybe at the m&g. I saw a mosquito hawk on the window at work today I think Ill try to tie something that looks like that just have to wait till payday to get some more supplies. Brad

You will be surprised to see how many kind of flies one can tie from just a few materials! Just supplies us with what you are fishing for and we can suggest what to tie from what materials you have on hand!